Back in the summer of last year, a number of us travelled to Germany for the pre-season friendly in Augsburg. We were surprised to meet several German Rangers fans who had travelled considerable distances to be at the game. Since then several of them have travelled to the UK to attend both home and away Continue reading
QPR’s Wage Bill and Debt Soar in the Year to 31st May 2012
News of the club’s dramatic increase in wages and debt has just been revealed, alarming is an understatement !!! These figures will surely increase significantly again when the next set of accounts are produced. Owen Gibson wrote the following article for ‘The Guardian’: ‘The scale of the challenge facing QPR if Harry Redknapp fails to Continue reading
Southampton v QPR – A Massive 3 Points at St. Mary’s gives the R’s Renewed Hope
Team: Cesar (Green), Traore, Samba, Hill, Bosingwa, Park, Granero (Jenas), Mbia, Remy, Hoilett, Bothroyd (Fabio) Subs Not Used: Onuoha, Taarabt, Townsend, Mackie Attendance: 31,728 For the first 15 minutes we were second best with the Saints finding space at will in the last third. When we did win the ball back, we ended up giving Continue reading
Public Meeting in Hanwell Regarding the Proposed Development of Warren Farm
Viv Ellis wrote the following article for ‘Ealing Today’ regarding the recent public meeting in Hanwell: ‘Around fifty people attended a meeting in Hanwell this week (26th) over the proposed development of Warren Farm – Ealing’s largest sports ground. The plans are to build an all-singing, all-dancing state-of-the-art training ground for Queen’s Park Rangers Football Continue reading
Where did it go Wrong for QPR ? A Marketing Person’s Perspective
Writing this guest piece for the Indy R’s site is difficult. Everything that needs to be said seems to have already been said, and we are staring down the barrel at relegation. A handful of people believe there is still hope of staying up. It is, literally, a handful. The bookies, not known for their Continue reading
Detailed Minutes from Fan Sites Meeting with QPR 26th February
A long and detailed read from a good meeting. IndyRs wishes to express its thanks to Neil Dejyothin for typing and distributing these minutes Fans Sites Meeting Date: Tuesday 26th February 2013 Venue: Loftus Road Stadium In attendance: From the club: Ian Taylor & Paul Morrissey From the fan sites: Steve Sayce (Indy Rs – Continue reading
28th February 1987: QPR Fans Begin their Campaign to Stop the Proposed Merger
When news broke in 1987 of the proposed merger with Fulham, R’s fans quickly organised themselves. A number of meetings took place upstairs at McQueens (now the Springbok) and prior to the home game on 28th February against Manchester City plans were made to invade the pitch later that day. It was also decided to Continue reading
Why QPR are no better off under Harry Redknapp than Mark Hughes
Broaching the subject of Harry Redknapp in anything other than a positive light is often considered to be sacrilege by journalists. For this is Harry Houdini, the man that brought Portsmouth back from the brink and recaptured former glories at Tottenham Hotspur. Redknapp is a media darling, there can be no doubting this, and with Continue reading
QPR v Manchester United – The Sky Falls in at Loftus Road
This week’s big marketing earner at half-time on the pitch at Queen’s Park Rangers was the home video launch of the latest franchise spy flick ‘Skyfall’. It left many fans wondering if an unlikely escape from peril such as that regularly pulled off by James Bond was any longer a possibility from the blue and Continue reading
German R’s Vox Populi – Part One
Back in the summer of last year, a number of us travelled to Germany for the pre-season friendly in Augsburg. We were surprised to meet several German Rangers fans who had travelled considerable distances to be at the game. Since then several of them have travelled to the UK to attend both home and away Continue reading